Below are insider transactions of 1,000 shares or more for...

Insider Trading

September 01, 1997|By Insider Trading is written by CDA/Investnet of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Below are insider transactions of 1,000 shares or more for publicly held companies based in Maryland or having substantial operations here. Insiders are officers, directors or owners of 10 percent or more of a corporation's stock.

Adams Express Co.

Joseph M. Truta,president, exercised an option for 3,750 shares of common stock at $7.48 each July 23 . To cover expenses of the transaction, Truta turned in 3,750 of them for $24.13 each July 23 and now directly and indirectly holds 60,177 common.

Richard F. Koloski,vice president, exercised an option for 2,000 shares of common at $11.88 each July 24. To cover expenses of the transaction, Koloski turned in 2,000 of them for $24 each July 24 and now directly and indirectly holds 19,178 common.

Black & Decker Corp.

Charles E. Fenton,vice president, exercised an option for 25,000 shares of common at $20.88 each July 23. To cover expenses of the transaction Fenton turned in 2,253 of them for $41.94 each July 23 and sold 18,965 shares in the open market at $40.50 each July 23 and now directly and indirectly holds 15,596 common.

Dennis G. Heiner,vice president, indirectly sold 15,000 shares of common at $41.25 each July 17. He now indirectly holds 17,952 common.

Barbara B. Lucas,vice president, exercised an option for 12,500 shares of common at $16 each July 30 and sold them at $42 each July 30 and now directly and indirectly holds 8,613 common.

Thomas M. Schoewe,vice president, exercised an option for 20,000 shares of common at $16 each July 30. To cover transaction expenses, he turned in 6,042 for $42.19 each July 30 and sold 8,840 shares in the open market at $42.06 each July 30 and now directly and indirectly holds 17,268 common.

Becton, Dickinson

Walter M. Miller,vice president, exercised an option for 5,000 shares of common at $15.78 each July 29 and sold 4,000 shares at $53.44 each July 29 and now directly and indirectly holds 65,739 common.

Biospherics Inc.

Lee Randall Zehner,vice president, sold 28,000 shares of common at $4.32 each July 31 and now directly holds 2,000 common.

Columbia Bancorp.

Michael T. Galeone,vice president, exercised an option for 5,500 shares of common at $9.09 each July 16 and sold them at $23.56 each July 16 and now directly holds 1,856 common.

General Motors Corp.

Wallace W. Creek,officer, exercised an option for 7,560 shares of common at between $37.47 and $40.85 each July 23 and sold 9,160 shares at $58.60 each July 23 and now directly and/or indirectly holds 17,014 common and 3,031 Class H common.

Charles Howard Noski,officer of subsidiary, exercised an option for 53,000 shares of Class H common at between $28 and $39.94 each July 30 and sold them at $60 each July 30, and now directly and/or indirectly holds 11,855 Class H common and 1,888 common.

Lockheed Martin Corp.

Vincent Norman Marafino,director, sold 18,400 shares of common at $103.02 each July 16. Marafino indirectly disposed of by gift 1,000 shares at an unreported price July 17 and now directly and indirectly holds 67,769 common.